Yamaha announces VOCALOID: AI to debut this month on NHK!

Yamaha has announced a new deep learning technology called VOCALOID: AI, which will be showcased via NHK on September 29th!

We have all the details of the upcoming broadcast and this new AI technology below.

Broadcast details

In the NHK broadcast, the VOCALOID: AI technology will be used to reproduce the voice of Hibari Misora, 30 years after her death.

Hibari Misora was a singer, actress and cultural icon before she passed away in 1989, at the age of 52.

In this performance, a life-size 3D model shall be projected to recreate Hibari Misora’s image, much like in the VOCALOID concerts we have seen previously.

Promotional Image for Hibari Misora’s revival

3D Model of Hibari Misora

The project was carried out under the leadership of the Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) with a large number of collaborators, including Yasushi Akimoto, who has produced the new song that will be performed.